Etihad Airways joined airline HR and talent acquisition executives from around the world to discuss best practice in sourcing and attracting aviation professionals at the Global Aviation Talent Summit in Abu Dhabi today.

Etihad
Airways joined airline HR and talent acquisition executives from around the
world to discuss best practice in sourcing and attracting aviation
professionals at the Global Aviation Talent Summit in Abu Dhabi today.

Hosted
by cut-e, in partnership with Etihad Airways, the summit gathered more than a
hundred airline human resources, recruitment and security executives from more
than 20 airlines to discuss issues and innovation in the area of aviation
recruitment and retention.

Professionals
discussed best practices in assessments for screening, talent selection and
development methodologies, the latest online recruitment systems and assessment
tools, benchmarking, and improvements in the quality of recruitment practices.

Mohamed
Hegab, Etihad Airways’ Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, spoke at the
summit about Etihad Airways’ journey to best-in-class recruitment through a
combination of leading technology from SAP’s SuccessFactors, which is
integrated with cut-e’s psychometric assessment solutions, and simplified
processes.

David
Barrett, Chief Operating Officer, cut-e, said: “Cut-e is delighted to be
working with Etihad Airways for the last four years on the design and
implementation of assessment methods and systems for the selection and
development of its people. Today is a landmark day in our relationship where we
have collaborated to bring 20 airlines to Abu Dhabi for a two-day Global
Aviation Talent Summit. The summit brings together experts and airline
counterparts to share ideas and best practices on all aspects of HR including
screening, selection and development of flight operations and business staff
within the aviation sector.

“Delegates
from as far as Canada, Hong Kong and Finland were especially excited to visit
the Etihad Airways Innovation Centre to see the airline’s groundbreaking
products and services first-hand – the tour has been one of the highlights of
our gathering.”